Cart.



J. H. RYE.

. OABT. uruouzon nun nov. 4', 190g.

Patented Jul 5,1910.

Inventor.

SHEETS-SHEET 1.

I Witnesses.

CART. 1 APPLIOATIONIILED NOV. 4, 1908.

Patented July. 5, i910.-

2 SHBEIS SHEBT 2.

Inventor.

Witnesses.

JOI-IAN HENRIK RYE, OF CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY.

CART.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 4, 1908.Serial No.

Patented July 5, 1910. 461,017.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHAN HENRIK RYE, captain in the Norwegian cavalry,a subject of the King of Norway, residing at Christiania, Norway, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carts; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and'use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

y invention relates to a knockdown structure for constructing foldableand convertible carts and has for its object in addition to providing alight and portable cart, the provision of means whereby two of the cartsmay be readily converted into a skifi or boat.

To these ends the invention consists in providing shafts composed of twoparts hinged together to permit folding and when extended one of saidparts inspans the horse while the other part forms a portion of the cartbody or the two parts in conjunction with similar shafts form a boatframe over which a canvas covering is stretched.

The invention further consists in securingto the shafts suitablebrackets designed to serve as guards on the cart and also serve asbraces to form the boat frame.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of my improvedcart assembled with a horse inspanned. Fig. 2 illustrates the manner inwhich the folded shafts and wheel are panniered on the back of a horse.Fig. 3 illustrates the manner in which the remaining parts of two cartsare panniered on the back of a horse. Fig. 4 is a side view of a boatconstructed of the parts of two carts, a portion of the outer coveringbeing broken away, and Fig. 5 is a cross section of the same.

In constructing a cart as shown in Fig. 1 I provide two shafts formed oftwo pieces a and Z) the portions a of which serve to inspan the horseand the portions 6 forming the side members of the cart. The part a ispreferably made straight, and to permit the part b to normally liehorizontal the front end of the latter is formed at an angle to the mainportion and rests on the part a, said parts being connected together bymeans of a hinge 1, on the front end of the part b, and a bolt 2 passingthrough the rear end of the part a and the part b behind the hinge. Thetwo shafts are connected together at the rear by a cross piece 3, boltedto the parts 6, and resting on the latter is a load support consistingof a plurality of cross slats 4 flexibly connected together by a stripof canvas, or by leather straps 5 as preferred, and connected to theparts 6 by wire ropes 6 which also secure a box seat as 7, to the slats.

Projecting upward from the front ends of the parts 6 and from the rearcross piece 3 are brackets 8 which serve as guards for bundles and thelike carried on the cart, and as braces to rigidly connect the frame ofthe boat, as will be hereinafter described.

The cart is provided with two wheels, as 9, journaled on an axle l0,detachably mounted in springs 11, one of which is detachably connectedto each part b of the shafts. The preferred form of connecting thespring to the shaft is by forming a hook 12 on one end of the springwhich hook takes over a bolt mounted in a bracket 13 fixed on the shaft,while in the other end of the spring is formed an eye 14: through whichpasses a bolt 15 in a bracket 1'5 on said shaft.

To fold the cart the rear cross-bar 3 is de tached and the cart bottomtogether with the box seat are removed. By removing the bolt 15, thesprings may be unhooked from the bracket 13, the wheels removed from theaxle and the latter from the springs. The arts of two carts with theexception of the w ieels are panniered upon the back of one horse asshown in Fig. 3. By loosening the bolt 2, the part b may be folded ontothe part a which latter is released from the breechingstrap 16 andpushed forward as shown in Fig. 2. The drivefscushion as 17 may be laidupon the horse and the breeching 16 laid 011 the cushion, taking theplace of the hip strap- 18 which latter is passed around the shafts andconnected by a buckle 16 to the breeching. The wheels are held by thesaddle straps 19 while the crupper 20 is connected to the belly-band 21and fastened to the front end of the shafts to prevent them from tiltingupward. I

In constructing a skiff or boat as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, two pairs ofextended shafts areused, one pair above the other, each superposed pairbeing connected by means of mounted on the shafts,

the brackets 8. The'bracket of one shaft I claim 20 passes through andis bolted to the shaft A knock-down structure of the character above itat the center and at both ends, and described, comprising side membersformed a, the cross pieces 3 connect the shafts in pairs in two parts,one of said parts having an at the stern. The gunwales, as c, are proangular end portion, a cross-piece to connect vided which are tenonedinto mountings 22 said members in pairs, a floor detachably 25 v and areconnected to the brackets by the wire connected to the latter, wheelsdetachably rope 6, which rope also connects the shafts connected withsaid side members and brackand brackets, as shown in Fig. 5. A canvasets on the latter whereby two pairs of the cover d is laced to thegunwales and to the members may be superposed, for the purpose uppershafts, and to protect the covering specified. 30

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have s1gnedmy name in presence of two subscrlbmg witnesses.

J OHAN IIENRIK RYE.

against the wear of the shafts the cushions 17 are interposed betweenthe shafts and covering. The flexibly connected slats 4 are the same asin the cart, forming a suitable bottom for the boat,

and the wheels may be placed against the Witnesses: sides of the boatand the latter readily oon- HENRY BQRDEWIoH, verted into a cart uponlanding. M. ALGER.

